
Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Aug 24 → 0/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,402 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
Sliding Hero is a brainteasing, explorative puzzle game where you can only slide in a single direction until hitting an obstacle.
Will you outsmart the villa’s many trials and unmask the truth behind your imprisonment?
Imprisoned in a sinister Venetian villa, use your wits to help Luca Sicomoro, a Serenissima military man, escape. Every move is a test of strategy, turning movement into a puzzle. Navigate a dark and intricate world inspired by 1700s Venice and Carnival’s masked mystique, where danger and deception lurk in every shadow.
Use environmental hazards, weapons, artefacts, and your momentum to dispatch enemies and avoid deadly traps. Each encounter is a skill test, where puzzle-solving and combat seamlessly intertwine in an easy-to-learn, hard-to-master movement system.
The villa is a maze of hidden passageways, locked doors, and secrets waiting to be uncovered. Unlock new tools that let you backtrack to previously unreachable areas, forge shortcuts, and interact with the eccentric and enigmatic characters who dwell within.
Step into a beautifully hand-drawn pixel art world steeped in the elegance and unease of the Carnival of Venice. A haunting, original soundtrack inspired by Italian Baroque melodies enhances the atmosphere as you piece together a story of mystery, fate, and self-discovery.
A unique puzzle-combat system built around momentum-based movement.
Multiple weapons to unlock, each with a specific puzzle mechanic
An atmospheric Venetian setting, blending historical beauty with eerie fantasy.
Nonlinear Metroidvania exploration—discover new abilities to open fresh paths.
Engaging and devious boss fights, where strategy is key.
A fast-paced movement system designed with speedrunning in mind.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 43 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
started off slow but quickly got pulled in with each new unlock that made for interesting and satisfying puzzle solves.
Good challenging game, enjoyed every bit of it, there are quite a few mechanics that let's you really think how you'll plan your way to move forward
Didn't click with me, in almost 2 hours I didn't see any metroidvania aspect and I don't really count getting the ability to reset stages 2 mins in but even if I did, I didn't get any new abilities in that time but I don't think it's bad overall because of that so I'm still giving it a recommendation. It's a cool idea at least and the dev cares about it
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Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Hours played at review time, across 43 reviews with recorded playtime.
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